Herbert Zelenko

Herbert Zelenko (16 March 1906-23 February 1979) was a member of the US House of Representatives from New York's 21st district (D) from 3 January 1955 to 3 January 1963, succeeding Jacob K. Javits and preceding James C. Healey.

Biography
Herbert Zelenko was born in New York City, New York, United States on 16 March 1906 to a family of Polish immigrants. He graduated from Columbia University in 1926 and from its law school two years later, and he was admitted to the bar in 1929. Zelenko later became an Assistant US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and he was elected to the US House of Representatives in 1955 as a Democratic Party member. In 1963, he left office, and he resumed his law career. He died of an ulcer in 1979.